Next week’s debate will be led by Conservative MP and Petitions Committee member Elliot Colburn. The e-petition is calling for a ban on conversion therapy practises in the UK and currently has 256,392 signatures.
The petition is advocating to make “conversion therapy in the UK a criminal offence”. Alongside the main call for banning conversion therapy, the petition urges the UK government to enforce policies to prevent the practice from continuing outside of a ban.
The petition emphasises the need to make forced attendance at conversion therapy a criminal offence. It also requests to outlaw the ability to send individuals abroad to receive conversion therapy.